The rain of arrows finally fell from the sky, and the recruits fell one by one.
Soon, a continuous wail sounded over the head of Yongqiu City.
The recruits, who had neither iron armor and shields to protect themselves, but also lacked experience in self-protection, were severely damaged under the first two waves of arrows of the crossbow archers of the Gongsun Army, and at least hundreds of the recruits guarding the city fell in pools of blood, and at least more than 100 of them were shot on the spot, forever losing the opportunity to grow into a veteran.
However, under the threat of death, the recruits also quickly learned how to protect themselves.
When the third wave of arrows from the heavy crossbowmen of the Gongsun Army fell, in addition to the stunned muscles in their minds, most of the recruits found a place to hide, and those who really couldn't find a place to hide did not stand and wait for death, but dragged the recruits who had been shot prematurely and covered their bodies, among them, one of the recruits was dragged away as a meat shield before he even lost his breath.
Seeing this cold and cruel scene, the veterans were indifferent.
There is always only iron and blood on the battlefield, there is never mercy and mercy, only the heart is ruthless enough, and the hands are black enough to survive the cruel war After shooting twelve arrows, the heavy crossbowmen of the Gongsun Army began to retreat with the crossbows of ten thousand armies.
The veterans of the Cao army, who had been counting in their hearts for a long time, suddenly stood up from behind the battlements and from under the shields, and one by one they held their heads high and opened their mouths wide, while slapping their chests with a bang, while roaring wildly at the archers of the Gongsun Army under the city, demonstrating loudly, and a small number of Cao army archers took the opportunity to hold their bows and arrows to pay tribute to the Gongsun Army.
The heavy crossbowmen of the Gongsun Army quickly withdrew to the rear, almost unscathed.
Thundered The next moment, the Gongsun soldiers in front of the formation scattered to both sides, and immediately thousands of light soldiers swarmed out of the formation, and in front of them, hundreds of behemoths, under the impetus of the light soldiers, made a thunderous sound, and behind them, there were countless strong men, pushing a cart of boulders to follow.
"The lord is about to retreat" Dian Wei and Xu Chu and others were shocked, and hurriedly hugged Cao Cao and retreated down the city tower.
Not long after, the rumbling war drums rose to the sky, shaking the dust on Yongqiu City.
Just the sound of the war drums frightened the Cao army at the head of the city into a miserable face and fear.
The three-way drum passed, and when the war drums were drummed, they suddenly turned urgent.
That was the clarion call for attack.
With the forward pointing of the banner in front of the formation, the order to bombard Yongqiu was officially issued.
Whew When the piercing ears broke through the air, they instantly filled the ears, and in the line of sight, hundreds of giant stone bullets flew out of the air almost at the same time.
Countless stone bullets drew a graceful arc, like falling stars, and roared down towards the head of Yongqiu City.
Boom, boom, boom Hundreds of stone bullets fell in an instant.
The female wall collapsed, the city tower collapsed, howled loudly, and in a blink of an eye, the main city of Yongqiu was submerged in the wild dust rising from the sky.
In the formation of the Gongsun army, there was a tsunami-like cheer.
Hundreds of trebuchets kept projecting at will at the enemy city, and the pouring stone rain turned Yongqiu City into a Shura hell.
After half an hour of bombardment, more than 20,000 boulders hit the main city wall, which was no more than four or five hundred steps long.
The stone shells were exhausted, the cannon fire gradually subsided, and the terrifying attack finally came to an end.
Hundreds of thousands of pairs of eager eyes were all round, eager to see the effect of the bombardment.
The dust gradually fell, and Yongqiu City reappeared.
The wooden towers had collapsed, the thick walls were full of pitholes and dents, and half of the women's walls had been flattened.
Cao Jun's miserable howl resounded through the city.
The head of the entire Yongqiu City is beyond recognition, and the description is terrifying.
But to the surprise of the soldiers of the Gongsun Army, under such a powerful bombardment, the main city wall remained standing, but only suffered minor injuries.
What made Gongsun Bai even more frustrated was that even with such a bombardment, the blood of the Cao army soldiers had already stained the city wall, and the city tower was full of boulders and corpses, but in the blink of an eye, countless Cao soldiers crowded the city tower again, and one by one the strong crossbows mounted on the wall that had lost the female wall, and they were ready to fight.
There were even people who put the bodies of their companions directly on the city walls as cover.
Either die in battle, or be beheaded by the main general, the Cao army has no other way, this is a battle to the death, the city is in the people, the city is broken, and the people are dead "Lord, it's better to take this opportunity to kill the city tower" The generals beside him asked for battle in unison.
Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others beside him were all dissuaded.
More than 20,000 boulders are all blasted out, Yongqiu and even the whole Yanzhou land is sandy, but rare stones, quarrying is not easy, now the main body of the city wall is still there, there is an urn city behind, if you force a hard attack, you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, the gains outweigh the losses.
What's even more depressing is that the more than 20,000 boulders, although they killed nearly 1,000 people of the Cao army, also provided the Cao army with more than 20,000 rolling stones to defend the city.
Xu Shu sighed: "I can't imagine that although the Cao thief is at the end of his rope, he is a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, and the army that is put together so improvised will be so fierce." ” Gongsun Bai shook his head, he can eat human flesh when he is hungry, and he can kill the bloody lord of Xuzhou when he is ruthless, how can it be so easy to clean up when he fights hard.
Judging from the current situation, if you want to break through the defense line around Yongqiu, you must outwit it, if you attack strongly, I am afraid that your army will also lose most of it, which is definitely not the result he wants.
The red sun fell in the west, the remnant sun was like blood, the sky was about to get dark, Gongsun Bai was full of helplessness, so he had to give an order to let the army withdraw three miles away, camp on the spot to rest, and bury the pot to cook.
Woooooooo The horn of the troops sounded, and the cheers of victory actually sounded on the head of Yongqiu City.
In the next few days, Gongsun Bai launched several strong attacks, all of which were met with stubborn resistance from Cao's army.
No matter how powerful the crossbow arrows of the Gongsun army were, the casualties suffered by the Cao army under the cover of the bunker were limited, and the big yellow crossbow of the Cao army also brought a huge threat to the strong attack of the Gongsun army.
For this reason, Gongsun Bai, Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others racked their brains and tried all the ways to attack, but the effect was minimal, and the defense of the Cao army was leaky, no matter what method was used, once it reached within 100 steps of the Cao army, every step forward would have to pay a heavy price.
As for surprise attacks such as burning horses and digging tunnels, it may be useful to deal with ordinary opponents, but in the face of Cao Cao, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others with an intelligence of more than 90, they can only return in vain.
Another day, the scouts under Gongsun Bai found out that Cao Cao had put a large amount of grain in Gaoyang Pavilion.
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But even the scouts themselves were half-convinced of this news, because Cao Jun was heavily defended here, and the scouts couldn't get close, but they saw heavy trucks coming and going every day, going in and out of Gaoyang Pavilion City, and the escorts looked in a hurry, but they couldn't distinguish between the real and the fake.
For such a news, Gongsun Bai and others also had a fierce debate.
Pang Tong and Guo Jia thought that Cao Cao was playing tricks, which was the same as Gongsun Bai's plan to fake grain in Wuchao; However, generals such as Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Zhang Liao thought that this was a great opportunity to give Cao Jun a fatal blow and was worth a try; And Xu Shu and a group of people have a wait-and-see attitude.
The parties disagreed, and Gongsun Bai was also hesitant.
However, as time passed, Gongsun Bai gradually lost his patience.
Because of the fruitless attack in the past month or so, the morale of the Cao army has risen greatly, and the affairs of the Gongsun army have gradually declined.
The battle of Yongqiu was stalemate, which made Liu Biao and Sun Ce in the south also slow down the intensity of their attacks, and the situation of Cao Cao gradually became favorable if it continued like this.
Although Cao Cao's grain and grass reserves were not as large as Gongsun Bai, Cao Cao forcibly requisitioned tens of millions of grain and grass regardless of the lives of the people, and he would never be short of grain within half a year.
What's more, now that the four emperors are standing side by side, Sun Ce and Liu Biao have torn off their disguised faces, and they are friends and foes.
Time dragged on for a long time, and the three faced the powerful and incomparable Gongsun Bai, and it was very likely that they would unite against him for their own safety, which was what Gongsun Bai was most worried about.
After a painful ideological struggle, Gongsun Bai resolutely sent an elite cavalry of 3,000 people to secretly bypass the Cao army's defense line and rush for hundreds of miles to attack Gaoyang Pavilion.
This mission was supposed to fall on the head of Bai Ma Yicong, but after Yan Liang's strong request, Gongsun Bai had to hand it over to the Flying Wolf Rider.
On that day, Gongsun Bai knew that in the face of a strong opponent like Cao Cao, no matter how much advantage you have, you can't take it lightly, otherwise it will be like a poisonous snake, even if you catch his tail, you may be bitten by him back.
That night, three thousand flying wolf riders were all surrounded, and the damage was heavy, and in the end, Yan Liang only led two thousand five or six hundred horsemen to break through, and four or five hundred flying wolf spirit riders stayed in Gaoyang Pavilion forever, and even Yan Liang himself was hit by Xu Huang's arrow in the shoulder and returned with injuries.
This is also because the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Flying Wolf Rider are much higher than that of the opponent, and also because the Tiger Leopard Rider has already followed Cao Ren to Guanzhong, and the Tiger Guard Army has the heavy responsibility of guarding Cao Cao and did not participate in this encirclement and suppression, otherwise the three thousand Flying Wolf Riders may be wiped out.
The failure of this surprise attack made Gongsun Bai completely angry.
So far, Cao Cao is the only one in the world who can make him lose face for Gongsun Bai, and he actually made him lose face twice.
"Be sure to capture Yongqiu before August, and the plan to break the thief will fall on you, otherwise you will be asked" This is Gongsun Bai's ultimatum to Guo Jia, in fact, it is also pressure on Pang Tong and Xu Shu and others, after all, Guo Jia is not the only one in charge of the staff, but Guo Jia is used to being forced by Gongsun Bai.
So, Guo Jia, Pang Tong and Xu Shu hid in Guo Jia's big tent and talked secretly for three days and three nights.
And Gongsun Bai was proudly lying on the couch and sipping wine, humming a small tune, which was very comfortable.
"The so-called lord and ministers will be busy and prosperous, and the lord and ministers will be busy, if you don't put you three boys on the fire and roast them, wouldn't you be tired to death of your own father?"
Three days later, Guo Jia, Pang Tong and Xu Shu, with six dark circles and three pairs of bloodshot eyes, but with a slight hint of excitement, hurried to see Gongsun Bai.
To be continued
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